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<span>Indraprastha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indraprastha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_game_of_dice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_game_of_dice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>The game of dice</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_game_of_dice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Exile_and_incognito_period" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Exile_and_incognito_period"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Exile and incognito period</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Exile_and_incognito_period-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Krishna's_help_to_Pandavas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Krishna's_help_to_Pandavas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Krishna's help to Pandavas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Krishna's_help_to_Pandavas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Kurukshetra_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Kurukshetra_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>The Kurukshetra War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Kurukshetra_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Later_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>Later life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Later_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_art" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_art"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>In art</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_art-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%B1" title="পাণ্ডৱ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="পাণ্ডৱ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandawa" title="Pandawa – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Pandawa" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%AC" title="পাণ্ডব – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পাণ্ডব" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandawa" title="Pandawa – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Pandawa" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dava" title="Pāṇḍava – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Pāṇḍava" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandaves" title="Pandaves – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pandaves" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1nduovci" title="Pánduovci – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pánduovci" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Pandava" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1ndava" title="Pándava – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pándava" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandavoj" title="Pandavoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Pandavoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Pandava" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7" title="پانداوا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پانداوا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pandava" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%B5" title="પાંડવ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="પાંડવ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%90%EB%8B%A4%EB%B0%94" title="판다바 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="판다바" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5" title="पाण्डव – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पाण्डव" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandawa" title="Pandawa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pandawa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Dava" title="Pāṇḍava – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pāṇḍava" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandhawa" title="Pandhawa – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Pandhawa" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81" title="ಪಾಂಡವರು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಪಾಂಡವರು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandavai" title="Pandavai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pandavai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5" title="पाण्डव – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="पाण्डव" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%BC" title="പാണ്ഡവർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പാണ്ഡവർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5" title="पांडव – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पांडव" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandawa" title="Pandawa – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pandawa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%84%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%97%EA%AF%95" title="ꯄꯥꯟꯗꯕ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯄꯥꯟꯗꯕ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandava%27s" title="Pandava's – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Pandava's" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5" title="पाण्डव – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="पाण्डव" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B5" title="पाण्डव – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="पाण्डव" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1" title="パーンダヴァ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="パーンダヴァ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandavaene" title="Pandavaene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Pandavaene" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%B5" title="ਪਾਂਡਵ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪਾਂਡਵ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%88%D9%88" title="پانڈو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پانڈو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandawowie" title="Pandawowie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pandawowie" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandava" title="Pandava – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pandava" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Пандавы – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пандавы" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a 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For the spider genus, see <a href="/wiki/Pandava_(spider)" title="Pandava (spider)">Pandava (spider)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Draupadi_and_Pandavas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Draupadi_and_Pandavas.jpg/220px-Draupadi_and_Pandavas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Draupadi_and_Pandavas.jpg/330px-Draupadi_and_Pandavas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Draupadi_and_Pandavas.jpg/440px-Draupadi_and_Pandavas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="1231" /></a><figcaption>A print by <a href="/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma" title="Raja Ravi Varma">Ravi Varma Press</a> depicting the Pandava brothers—<a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a> (centre), <a href="/wiki/Bheema" class="mw-redirect" title="Bheema">Bheema</a> (bottom left), <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a> (bottom right), <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a> (both standing beside the throne)—with their common consort, <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Pandavas</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>: पाण्डव, <a href="/wiki/International_Alphabet_of_Sanskrit_Transliteration" title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration">IAST</a>: Pāṇḍava) is a group name referring to the five legendary brothers, <a href="/wiki/Yudhishtira" class="mw-redirect" title="Yudhishtira">Yudhishtira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhima" title="Bhima">Bhima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>, who are central figures of the Hindu epic <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>. They are acknowledged as the sons of <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a>, the King of <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru</a>, but were fathered by different <i><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a></i> (gods) due to Pandu's cursed inability to naturally conceive children. In the epic, the Pandavas married <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>, the princess of <a href="/wiki/Panchala" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchala">Panchala</a>, and founded the city of <a href="/wiki/Indraprastha" title="Indraprastha">Indraprastha</a> after the Kuru Kingdom was split to avoid succession disputes. After the split, the other part of the kingdom was ruled by their cousins, the Kauravas. However, the Pandavas lost their kingdom to <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a> (eldest and king of the Kauravas) when <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishtira</a> gambled it away during a game of dice. The bet Yudhishtira agreed to was that the Pandavas would hand the kingdom to the Kauravas and go into exile for 13 years. After this time the Kauravas refused to return the kingdom. As a result, the Pandavas waged a civil war against their extended family, and this conflict was known as the <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a>. With the help of the god <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, the Pandavas eventually won the war with the death of the Kauravas, albeit at great cost.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The word <i>Pandava</i> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">पाण्डवा</span>, <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <i><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Pāṇḍavā</i></span></i>) is derived from <i>Pandu</i> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">पाण्डु</span>, <a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <i><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Pāṇḍu</i></span></i>) and means "descendants of Pandu". Other epithets given to the Pandavas are:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Pāṇḍuputra (Sanskrit: पाण्डुपुत्र) – sons of <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a></li> <li>Pāṇḍavakumāra (Sanskrit: पाण्डवकुमार) – young Pandavas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaunteya" title="Kaunteya">Kaunteya</a> (Sanskrit: कौन्तेय) – sons of Kunti (<a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bheema" class="mw-redirect" title="Bheema">Bheema</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madreya" title="Madreya">Mādreya</a> (Sanskrit: माद्रेय) – sons of Madri (<a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description_of_the_Pandavas">Description of the Pandavas</h2></div> <p>The Pandava brothers had a group marriage to <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>. In the Section 268 of <i><a href="/wiki/Vana_Parva" title="Vana Parva">Vana Parva</a></i> of the epic, Draupadi describes the Pandavas to <a href="/wiki/Jayadratha" title="Jayadratha">Jayadratha</a> after he abducted her forcefully and the Pandavas pursuit them.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Yudhishthira was slender, and had a prominent nose, large eyes and a complexion like that of "pure gold". He is also described as a just man, who had correct knowledge of the morality of his own acts and was merciful to surrendering foes.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bheema is described being fair-golden complexioned (<i>Gaura</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> plump, long-armed and tall as a full grown Sala tree. He is also extolled to be strong, well-trained, endued with great might and his superhuman feats had earned him great renown. In a display of ferocity, he bit his lips, and contracted his forehead to bring the two eyebrows together. Bheema is also described to be frightful, who never forgot a foe and was not pacified even after he wreaked his vengeance.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Arjuna is describing being dark complexioned (Syama),<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremely handsome and praised as the greatest of archers, intelligent, second to none "with senses under complete control." Neither lust nor fear nor anger could make him forsake virtue. Though capable of withstanding any foe, he would never commit an act of cruelty.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nakula was considered by Draupadi as "the most handsome person in the whole world." An accomplished master swordsman, he was also "versed in every question of morality and profit" and "endued with high wisdom." He was unflinchingly devoted to his brothers, who in turn regarded him as more valuable than their own lives.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sahadeva was heroic, intelligent, wise and no another man was equal unto him in intelligence or in eloquence amid assemblies of the wise. He was the one dearest to Kunti, and intent on doing what is agreeable to Yudhishthira. He is also praised to be always mindful of the duties of <a href="/wiki/Kshatriyas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kshatriyas">Kshatriyas</a> (warrior -class), and would sacrifice his own life than say anything that is opposed to morals.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legend">Legend</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birth_and_parentage">Birth and parentage</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pandu_Shoots_the_Ascetic_Kindama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Pandu_Shoots_the_Ascetic_Kindama.jpg/250px-Pandu_Shoots_the_Ascetic_Kindama.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Pandu_Shoots_the_Ascetic_Kindama.jpg/375px-Pandu_Shoots_the_Ascetic_Kindama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Pandu_Shoots_the_Ascetic_Kindama.jpg/500px-Pandu_Shoots_the_Ascetic_Kindama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1333" data-file-height="964" /></a><figcaption>Pandu shoots Kindama, who is disguised as a deer.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Adi_Parva" title="Adi Parva">Adi Parva</a></i> of the epic, <a href="/wiki/Pandu" title="Pandu">Pandu</a> was crowned as the king of the <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Kingdom">Kuru Kingdom</a> despite being younger than his elder brother <a href="/wiki/Dhritrashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhritrashtra">Dhritrashtra</a>, who was denied the throne for being blind. He married <a href="/wiki/Kunti" title="Kunti">Kunti</a>, a princess of the <a href="/wiki/Yadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Yadu">Yadu</a> clan, and <a href="/wiki/Madri" title="Madri">Madri</a>, the princess of <a href="/wiki/Madra" title="Madra">Madra</a> Kingdom. Once he was hunting in a forest when he shot a copulating pair of deer. However, they turn out to be a sage named <a href="/wiki/Kindama" title="Kindama">Kindama</a> and his wife, who had used their divine powers to take the form of the animals. Enraged, Kindama berated the king for having killed him before he had finished the act of mating and before dying, he cursed Pandu that he would die the moment he touched his wife intending to make love. After the event Pandu voluntarily renounced royal life as penance, leaving the Kingdom under Dhritarashtra. Kunti and Madri accompanied Pandu and together they lived in a forest.<sup id="cite_ref-VM_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before her marriage, Kunti was blessed with a boon by the sage <a href="/wiki/Durvasa" title="Durvasa">Durvasa</a>, that she could have a son by any god whom she respects without having any marital affair. After Pandu learned of this, he asked her to perform <i><a href="/wiki/Niyoga" title="Niyoga">Niyoga</a></i> and bear him sons using the boon. The first three of the Pandavas were the sons of Kunti, while the younger two were born to Madri after Kunti shared her mantra with her at Pandu's request.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The divine fathers of the Pandavas were:<sup id="cite_ref-VM_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yama_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yama (Hinduism)">Dharmadeva</a>, the god of <i><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a></i>, who fathered Yudhishthira</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vayu" title="Vayu">Vayu</a>, the god of wind, who fathered Bheema</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>, the god of rain and the king of gods, who fathered Arjuna</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a>, the twin gods of health and medicine, who fathered the twins <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Upbringing_and_rivalry_with_the_Kauravas">Upbringing and rivalry with the Kauravas</h3></div> <p>A few years later after the birth of the Pandavas, Pandu died after trying to have a union with Madri and the latter immolated herself out of remorse. Kunti brought the Pandavas back to <a href="/wiki/Hastinapura" class="mw-redirect" title="Hastinapura">Hastinapura</a>, the capital of Kuru, and they were raised together with their cousins, the <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kauravas</a>, who were the hundred sons of Dhritrashtra. The Pandavas were guided and taught by <a href="/wiki/Bheeshma" class="mw-redirect" title="Bheeshma">Bheeshma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kripa" title="Kripa">Kripa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VM_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhana</a>, the eldest of the Kauravas, refused to accept the Pandavas as his cousins. This usually led to much tension between the cousins. Insecure and jealous, Duryodhana harbored an intense hatred for the five brothers throughout his childhood and youth and following the advice of his maternal uncle <a href="/wiki/Shakuni" title="Shakuni">Shakuni</a>, often plotted to get rid of them to clear his path to the lordship of the <a href="/wiki/Kuru_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuru Dynasty">Kuru Dynasty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VM_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pandavs_Journeying_With_Their_Mother.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Pandavs_Journeying_With_Their_Mother.jpg/250px-Pandavs_Journeying_With_Their_Mother.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="396" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Pandavs_Journeying_With_Their_Mother.jpg/375px-Pandavs_Journeying_With_Their_Mother.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Pandavs_Journeying_With_Their_Mother.jpg/500px-Pandavs_Journeying_With_Their_Mother.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1161" data-file-height="1840" /></a><figcaption>Pandavas journeying with their mother</figcaption></figure> <p>This plotting took a grave turn when Dhritarashtra had to relent to the will of the masses and rightfully appointed his nephew Yudhishthira as crown prince. This went against the personal ambitions of both father and son (Dhritarashtra and Duryodhana) and drove Duryodhana into such a rage that he enthusiastically agreed to an evil ploy by Shakuni to murder Yudhishthira. Shakuni commissioned the construction of a palace in Varnavart, secretly built by incorporating flammable materials like oil, ghee etc. into the structure, most notably the lacquer known as <a href="/wiki/Shellac" title="Shellac">lac</a>. This palace was known as <a href="/wiki/Lakshagraha" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakshagraha">Lakshagraha</a>. Duryodhana then successfully lobbied Dhritarashtra to send Yudhishthira to represent the royal household in Varnavarta during the celebrations of Shiva Mahotsava. The plan was to set the palace on fire during the night while Yudhishthira would likely be asleep. Yudhishthira left for Varnavrata, accompanied by his four brothers and their mother Kunti. The plan was discovered by their paternal uncle <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura</a>, who was very loyal to them and an extraordinarily wise man. In addition, Yudhishthira had been forewarned about this plot by a hermit who came to him and spoke of an imminent disaster. Vidura arranged for a tunnel to be secretly built for the Pandavas to safely escape the palace as it was set afire.<sup id="cite_ref-VM_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriages_and_children">Marriages and children</h3></div> <p>The Pandavas had <a href="/wiki/Polyandry" title="Polyandry">polyandrous marriage</a> with <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>, the princess of <a href="/wiki/Panchala" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchala">Panchala</a> Kingdom who was prophesied to bring the end of the Kauravas. The <i>Adi Parva</i> narrates that after their flight from the palace, the five brothers lived in the forests for some time disguised as Brahmins. They heard from a group of travelling sages about a contest (<a href="/wiki/Swayamvara" class="mw-redirect" title="Swayamvara">Svayamvara</a>) being held in the Kingdom of Panchala that offered Draupadi's hand in marriage to the winner. The Svayamvara turned out to rely on the skills of <a href="/wiki/Archery" title="Archery">archery</a>, and Arjuna, who was a peerless archer, entered the competition and won. When the brothers took Draupadi to introduce her to their mother, they jokingly announced to Kunti that they had arrived with excellent alms. Kunti was busy with some work and replied without turning to look at Draupadi (who the alms referred to) ordering the brothers to share the alms equally amongst the five of them. Even when uttered erroneously, their mother's word was supreme for the Pandavas, and they agreed to share the princess, who was subsequently married to all five brothers. To prevent jealousy among the brothers and identify the paternity of Draupadi's children, the Pandavas followed a condition in which one brother was given a year with her and others were forbidden to enter her chamber. If the condition was violated, the brother, who entered the room, had to go on a pilgrimage for 12 years. Arjuna was the only one to violate this condition. </p><p>Each Pandava had a son with Draupadi and they were collectively referred to as <a href="/wiki/Upapandavas" title="Upapandavas">Upapandavas</a>; their names were Prativindhya (fathered by Yudhishthira), Sutasoma (fathered by Bhima), Shrutakarma (fathered by Arjuna), Shatanika (fathered by Nakula), and Shrutasena (fathered by Sahadeva). </p><p>Besides Draupadi, each Pandava had their own wife with whom they a son: </p> <ul><li>Yudhishthira was also married to Devika, the daughter of the king of the Sivi Kingdom, and had a son named Yaudheya.</li> <li>Bheema had two other wives—the <a href="/wiki/Rakshasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Rakshasi">Rakshasi</a> (demoness) <a href="/wiki/Hidimbi" title="Hidimbi">Hidimbi</a> and Valandhara, a princess of the <a href="/wiki/K%C4%81s%C4%AB_(kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kāsī (kingdom)">Kingdom of Kashi</a>. Hidimbi was the mother of <a href="/wiki/Ghatotkacha" title="Ghatotkacha">Ghatotkacha</a>, while Savarga was the son of Valandhara.</li> <li>Arjuna had three other wives—<a href="/wiki/Uloopi" class="mw-redirect" title="Uloopi">Uloopi</a>, a <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Naga</a> woman with whom he had <a href="/wiki/Iravan" title="Iravan">Iravan</a>; <a href="/wiki/Chitr%C4%81ngad%C4%81" title="Chitrāngadā">Chitrangada</a>, the princess of <a href="/wiki/Manipura_(Mahabharata)" title="Manipura (Mahabharata)">Manipur</a>, who became the mother of <a href="/wiki/Babruvahana" title="Babruvahana">Babruvahana</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Subhadra" title="Subhadra">Subhadra</a>, the sister of <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and the mother of <a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu" title="Abhimanyu">Abhimanyu</a>.</li> <li>Nakula had a wife named Karenumati, daughter of king of <a href="/wiki/Chedi_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chedi Kingdom">Chedi</a>, and had a son named Niramitra.</li> <li>Sahadeva was married to Vijaya, princess of Madra, and had a son named Suhotra.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indraprastha">Indraprastha</h3></div> <p>When Dhritarashtra heard that the five brothers were alive, he invited them back to the kingdom. However, in their absence, Duryodhana had succeeded in being made the crown prince. Upon the return of the Pandavas, the issue of returning Yudhishthira's crown to him was raised. Dhritarashtra led the subsequent discussions into ambiguity and agreed to a partition of the kingdom "to do justice to both crown princes". He retained the developed Hastinapura for himself and Duryodhana and gave the barren, arid and hostile lands of <a href="/wiki/Khandavaprastha" class="mw-redirect" title="Khandavaprastha">Khandavaprastha</a> to the Pandavas. The Pandavas successfully developed their land and built a great and lavish city, which was considered comparable to the heavens, and thus came to be known as <a href="/wiki/Indraprastha" title="Indraprastha">Indraprastha</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_game_of_dice">The game of dice</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Draupadi_s_presented_to_a_pachisi_game.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Draupadi_s_presented_to_a_pachisi_game.jpg/250px-Draupadi_s_presented_to_a_pachisi_game.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Draupadi_s_presented_to_a_pachisi_game.jpg/375px-Draupadi_s_presented_to_a_pachisi_game.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Draupadi_s_presented_to_a_pachisi_game.jpg/500px-Draupadi_s_presented_to_a_pachisi_game.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4632" data-file-height="3510" /></a><figcaption>Draupadi is presented in a <a href="/wiki/Pachisi" title="Pachisi">pachisi</a> game where <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a> has gambled away all his material wealth.</figcaption></figure> <p>Reeling under the loss of half the lands of his future kingdom, Duryodhana's jealousy and rage were further fuelled by the Pandavas' success and prosperity. Eventually <a href="/wiki/Shakuni" title="Shakuni">Shakuni</a> sired yet another plot and got Duryodhana to invite the Pandavas over to his court for a game of dice (gambling). Shakuni was a master at gambling and owned a pair of dice which magically did his bidding. Owing to this, bet after bet, Yudhishthira lost all of his wealth, and eventually his kingdom, in the game. He was then enticed by Duryodhana and Shakuni to place his brothers as bets. Yudhishthira fell for it and put his brothers at stake, losing them too. He then placed himself as a bet and lost again. Duryodhana now played another trick and told Yudhishthira that he still had his wife Draupadi to place as a bet and if Yudhishthira won, he would return everything to the Pandavas. Yudhishthira fell for the ruse and bet Draupadi, losing her too. At this point, Duryodhana ordered that Draupadi, who was now a slave to him, be brought to the court. None of the Pandavas fought for their wife's honour. Duryodhana's younger brother <a href="/wiki/Dushasana" title="Dushasana">Dushasana</a> dragged Draupadi to the royal court, pulling her by her hair, insulting her dignity and asserting that she, like the Pandava brothers, was now their servant. This caused immense anguish to all the great warriors seated in the court, but each of them, namely, <a href="/wiki/Bheeshma" class="mw-redirect" title="Bheeshma">Bheeshma</a> (grandsire of the clan), <a href="/wiki/Dronacharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Dronacharya">Dronacharya</a> (teacher/<a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">guru</a> of Kauravas and Pandavas) and <a href="/wiki/Kripacharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kripacharya">Kripacharya</a> except <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura</a> remained silent. Duryodhana then ordered Dushasana to disrobe Draupadi before everyone, as a slave girl has no rights. The elders and warriors in the audience were shocked but did not intervene. As Dushasana began to disrobe her, she prayed to <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> to protect her honour. Krishna, using his divine powers, protected her by providing her garments with an unending length. Dushasana, shocked and tired, gave up on disrobing Draupadi. Finally, as the blind king Dhritarashtra realized that this humiliation could prompt Draupadi to curse his sons, he intervened, apologizing to Draupadi for the behaviour of his sons, and turned the winnings of the dice game back over to the Pandava brothers, releasing them from the bondage of slavery. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rock_cut_caves_at_Dhanadibbalu_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Rock_cut_caves_at_Dhanadibbalu_01.jpg/220px-Rock_cut_caves_at_Dhanadibbalu_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Rock_cut_caves_at_Dhanadibbalu_01.jpg/330px-Rock_cut_caves_at_Dhanadibbalu_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Rock_cut_caves_at_Dhanadibbalu_01.jpg/440px-Rock_cut_caves_at_Dhanadibbalu_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pandava_Caves" title="Pandava Caves">Pandava Caves</a>: According to the historical sources Pandavas stayed here during their exile.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Incensed at the loss of all that he had won, Duryodhana threatened suicide and coerced his father into inviting the Pandavas for one last round of gambling, the terms of which were that the loser would be condemned to 12 years of exile into forests and a 13th year to be spent incognito, and if the cover is blown during the 13th year, another cycle of 13 years would ensue. Obeying their uncle's orders, the Pandavas played the round and again lost to Shakuni's cheating. However, this time, their patience had been nearly pushed to its edge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exile_and_incognito_period">Exile and incognito period</h3></div> <p>During the 12 years of exile in the forest, they prepared for war. Arjuna performed penance and won the entire gamut of celestial weapons (Divyastras) as boons from the Gods. They spent the 13th year in <a href="/wiki/Agyaata_Vaasa" title="Agyaata Vaasa">Agyaata Vaasa</a> masquerading as peasants in the service of the royal family of <a href="/wiki/Virata" title="Virata">Virata</a>, the king of <a href="/wiki/Matsya_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsya Kingdom">Matsya</a>. Upon completion of the terms of the last bet, the Pandavas returned and demanded that their kingdom be rightfully returned to them. Duryodhana refused to yield Indraprastha. For the sake of peace and to avert a disastrous war, Krishna proposed that if Hastinapura agrees to give the Pandavas only five villages named Indraprastha (<a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>), Swarnprastha (<a href="/wiki/Sonipat" title="Sonipat">Sonipat</a>), Panprastha (<a href="/wiki/Panipat" title="Panipat">Panipat</a>), Vyaghrprastha (<a href="/wiki/Baghpat" title="Baghpat">Baghpat</a>) and Tilprastha (<a href="/wiki/Tilpat" title="Tilpat">Tilpat</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> if these five villages given they would be satisfied and would make no more demands.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duryodhana vehemently refused, commenting that he would not part even with land as much as the point of a needle. Thus the stage was set for the great war, for which the epic of Mahabharata is known most of all. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Krishna's_help_to_Pandavas"><span id="Krishna.27s_help_to_Pandavas"></span>Krishna's help to Pandavas</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wayang_Pandawa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wayang_Pandawa.jpg/220px-Wayang_Pandawa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wayang_Pandawa.jpg/330px-Wayang_Pandawa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Wayang_Pandawa.jpg/440px-Wayang_Pandawa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1972" data-file-height="885" /></a><figcaption>Five Pandavas in <a href="/wiki/Wayang" title="Wayang">Wayang</a> form. From left to right: <a href="/wiki/Bheema" class="mw-redirect" title="Bheema">Bheema</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yudhishthira" title="Yudhishthira">Yudhishthira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>. <a href="/wiki/Indonesia_Museum" title="Indonesia Museum">Indonesia Museum</a>, Jakarta.</figcaption></figure> <p>Krishna, being a well-wisher of the Pandavas, helped them in various ways during the time of their ordeals. When the Kurukshetra war was going to be held, both Arjuna on behalf of the Pandavas, and Duryodhana on behalf of the Kauravas, went to Krishna to seek help. Duryodhana reached first and Arjuna was just behind him. They entered Krishna's room and found him sleeping. Duryodhana sat on a raised chair near Krishna's head and Arjuna sat near Krishna's feet closing his hands. When Krishna woke up, he saw Arjuna first and asked him about the purpose of his visit. Then he found Duryodhana sitting next to him, and asked him the same question. Krishna was then told that war was going to be held and Arjuna and Duryodhana had come to him seeking his military help. To this Krishna replied that he had seen Arjuna first and so he would give him priority, and asked what he needed. He gave Arjuna two options – either his army of 100,000 soldiers or Krishna himself who shall not fight in the war. To this Arjuna immediately opted for Krishna for his help and thus Duryodhana was given Krishna's army. Duryodhana was very satisfied to have received a huge army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Kurukshetra_War">The Kurukshetra War</h3></div> <p>The war was intense and lasted 18 days, over the course of which both parties worked around, bent and even broke rules of warfare. In the end, all 100 <a href="/wiki/Kauravas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauravas">Kaurava brothers</a> and their entire army was slain, with only three surviving on their side. The Pandavas too lost several allies but the five brothers survived. After having won the war, Yudhishthira was crowned the king.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> At the end of the war, only 10 survived the war on both sides, namely Ashwatthama, Kripacharya and Kritverma on the Kaurava side and the five Pandavas, Krishna and Saatyakee on the Pandava side. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3></div> <p>The Pandavas ruled Hastinapura for 36 years and established a righteous kingdom. Shortly after <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> left the Earth, they all decided that the time had come for them to renounce the world, as the age of <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i> had started. </p><p>So the five Pandavas and Draupadi left to the path of liberation. For this purpose, they all climbed <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kailash" title="Mount Kailash">Mount Kailash</a>, which leads to the <a href="/wiki/Swarga_Loka" class="mw-redirect" title="Swarga Loka">Swarga Loka</a>. On their way, all except Yudhisthira slipped and died one by one. Yudhisthira was accompanied by a dog who was none other than God <a href="/wiki/Yama" title="Yama">Yama</a> himself. </p><p>The first to die was <a href="/wiki/Draupadi" title="Draupadi">Draupadi</a>; she was imperfect because she loved Arjuna more than her other husbands. Then it was <a href="/wiki/Sahadeva" title="Sahadeva">Sahadeva</a>, imperfect because he was overconfident about his knowledge in science. He was followed by <a href="/wiki/Nakula" title="Nakula">Nakula</a>, imperfect because he was over-enthusiastic about his good looks. Then fell <a href="/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna">Arjuna</a>, imperfect because he was proud of his skills—he challenged <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>. Next was <a href="/wiki/Bheema" class="mw-redirect" title="Bheema">Bheema</a>, imperfect because he killed his enemies brutally—thus enjoyed their sufferings. Only the eldest Pandava, <a href="/wiki/Yudhisthira" class="mw-redirect" title="Yudhisthira">Yudhisthira</a>, reached the door of <a href="/wiki/Svarga" title="Svarga">Svarga</a> Loka (heaven), carried on Indra's chariot. On reaching Heaven, he did not find either his virtuous brothers or his wife Draupadi. Instead, he finds <a href="/wiki/Karna" title="Karna">Karna</a> sitting on a divine throne.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He wanted an explanation from Yama, the lord of death. Yama explained that the Kauravas had been allowed into heaven because they died as warriors on the battlefield. This earned them so much merit and credit that it wiped out all their debts. Yudhisthira demanded to know where his brothers and his wife were. He was then taken to hell. Yama explained that they were experiencing the reactions of their actions but it was temporary. Once the debt had been repaid, they would join them in Swarga. Yudhisthira loyally met his brothers, but the sight and sound of gore and blood horrified him. Though initially he was tempted to flee, he mastered himself and remained after hearing the voices of his beloved brothers and Draupadi calling out to him, asking him to stay with them in their misery. Yudhisthira decided to remain, ordering the divine charioteer to return. He preferred to live in hell with good people than in the heaven of his enemies. Eventually, this turned out to be another illusion to test him. Yama explained to Yudhishtira that it was all illusion created by Yama himself. It was a punishment to Yudhishtira to feel sad and soak tears on seeing his beloved ones being punished. It was because Drona felt sad on hearing fake news that his son was dead. Yudhishtira told the message incompletely due to which Drona felt sad and cried in grief. Because of this, Yudhishtira had to feel sad in a similar manner. Hence Yama created this illusion. In reality, Pandavas and Draupadi reached heaven just after their deaths. Yama explained everything and Yudhishtira reached heaven with his mortal body. Pandavas were the incarnation of previous <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>'s.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Duration, the lifespan of Indra, is completed <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> assures Pandavas of offering them <a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Moksha</a> for their Devotion and purity.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_art">In art</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Harivamsa_Purana" class="mw-redirect" title="Harivamsa Purana">Harivamsa Purana</a> (8th century CE) narrates the Jain version of their story.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUpinder_Singh201626_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUpinder_Singh201626-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Garhwal_division" title="Garhwal division">Garhwal region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>, there has been a long tradition of villagers performing the <i><a href="/wiki/Pandav_Lila" title="Pandav Lila">Pandav Lila</a></i>, a ritual re-enactment of episodes from the <i>Mahabharata</i> through singing, dancing and recitation. In the performance, the actors spontaneously break into a dance when, it is believed, they become "possessed" by the spirits of their characters.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upapandavas" title="Upapandavas">Upapandavas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_War" title="Kurukshetra War">Kurukshetra War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=f4mr98Rl20wC"><i>F4mr98Rl20wC</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=F4mr98Rl20wC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Df4mr98Rl20wC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APandava" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bonnefoy, Yves. <i>Asian Mythologies</i>. translated under the direction of Wendy Doniger. 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